Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
USELESS
All USELESS markets →| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 0.1604 | +0.0100 | pay 0.0050% / 4h | 1h 10m | $286K | $157K | 10x | Long Aster≤10% back | |
| SHORT | 0.1603 | +0.0096 | get 0.0012% / 1h | 10m 14s | $31K | $104K | 3x | Short Lighter RH+10% pts |
Price gap−0.087%
Funding gap−0.0004% /8h
Funding is ≈ 0 and the gap is 0.084% under its 7d average: the price leg works against you, −$8 on $10k if it goes back.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding−$2−0.0004% /8h now · paid −0.017% over the last 7D
Price−$8spread −0.087% now, avg −0.002% → −0.084% if it goes back
Costs−$870.868% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$97−0.97%+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · Lighter RH: Points live · farm boardWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest
Price and funding
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
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Where the spread has been, last 7D▾
share of time at each level
Funding on every exchange
/8hUSELESS on 29 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
2 ok · 4 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size17.5 / 23.3 bpAt $10k entering Lighter RH costs 23.3 bp, fee and slippage, 1.3× Aster’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$1,000 + $3,333Aster 10x, Lighter RH 3x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- Watch: Payment intervals differ4h / 1hPayments land at different times. Close right after the slower leg pays.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$0.12Long Aster: 6 payments, −$3.00; short Lighter RH: 24 payments, +$2.88.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.087% vs −0.002%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Short leg is thinner$31K vs $286K OILighter RH sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legAster Stage 5 · Lighter RH Points liveVolume here counts toward the points program.
- OK: No KYC on either legAster No · Lighter RH NoBoth exchanges let you trade without ID.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0008%/8h × 21 periods−$1.67
Price spread−0.087% → −0.002% (7d avg)−$8.45
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$78.78
Fee Aster bp × 2 orders−$8.00
Fee Lighter RH bp × 2 orders$0.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$96.91
Costs to cover0.868%Break-evennever at this rate
Slippage: Aster: live order book, 8 min ago; Lighter RH: live order book, 23 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGAster5.6017.5 bp−$17526.5 bp−$5,265doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTLighter RH5.6123.3 bp−$2396.4 bp−$964doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
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